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From: Adriaan van Os
Subject: gpc on mac
Date: 29 Dec 2005, 18:38:32

Tom Schneider wrote:

> Adriaan:
>
>>>>> [bluebird:~/now/t] tds% /Developer/Pascal/gpc345u2/bin/gp test.p
>>>>> /usr/bin/ld: can't locate file for: -lSystemStubs
>>>>> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>>>>
>>>> That is strange, on Mac OS X 10.4 libSystemStubs.a can be found in
>>>> /usr/lib. But -- maybe they are installed as part of Xcode instead 
>>>> of
>>>> the system software, did you install Xcode 2.x ?
>>>
>>> I probably asked for everything when I installed OS X, but I don't
>>> recall.  If you tell me exactly where to look and for what I will do
>>> that.
>>
>> The critical file is /usr/lib/libSystemStubs.a.
>
> There is no such file.
>
> [bluebird:/usr/lib] tds% pwd
> /usr/lib
> [bluebird:/usr/lib] tds% ls libS*
> libSaturn.a                     libSystem.B_profile.dylib*
> libSaturn.dylib*                libSystem.dylib@
> libSystem.B.dylib*              libSystem_debug.dylib@
> libSystem.B_debug.dylib*        libSystem_profile.dylib@

OK, I found out that libSystemStubs.a is inistalled by Xcode 2.x, not 
by the system software.

>> To find a solution, again my question: has Xcode 2.x been installed
>> on that machine ?
>
> Again my puzzlement:  I don't know what to look for.  Please tell me
> *exactly* how to determine this.  What command(s) should I type?  What
> places in the file system should I go to to look for exactly what
> files?  (For example, do you know if there is a Boogeyman program on
> your machine?  Where would you look if you never heard of a Boogeyman?
> Where would you look if you *had* heard of a Boogeyman but didn't know
> where it was?)
>
>> If not, has Xcode 1.x been installed on that machine ?
>
> See above.
>
> 'Help' is, as usual on the Mac, pretty useless.
>
> google
> Xcode
> http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/
> download "Xcode Tools 2.2" requires
> ADC Member Log In
> which I did not do.  I don't know if this is a distraction or a help
> because I don't know what's on my machine at the moment.
> Nothing called X(anything) under /Applications;
> only X11.app under /Applications/utilities.
>
>> If not, has the assmbler/linker from my website been installed ?
>
> No.

In that case, since there apparently is a linker on the machine and no 
libSystemStubs.a, I assume that Xcode 1.x has been installed (maybe the 
machine was updated later to Mac OS X 10.4). You can find out with "Get 
Info" in the Mac OS X Finder for the file /Developer/Applications/Xcode 
(or /Developer/Applications/Xcode.app). Anyway, an update to Xcode 2.x 
should solve the problem and install  libSystemStubs.a. You can 
download Xcode from Apple. The ADC membership for the purpose only 
requires free registration, see 
<http://developer.apple.com/membership/online.html>. Also, your copy of 
Mac OS X system software may (or may not) have a third CD and Xcode is 
on that third CD, which saves you a 800 MB download (or Xcode may be in 
a special folder if the system software is on DVD).

I would have to look if I can add libSystemStubs.a to the downloads 
from my website for those who don't have Xcode installed or an older 
version (if the license permits it). Even then, I don't know if it's 
worth the trouble, because other problems may (or may not) arise when 
Xcode tools are missing or not up-to-date.

Regards,

Adriaan van Os

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